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Texans to play on artificial turf for rest of 2015

General manager Rick Smith met with the media on Friday morning at NRG Stadium and talked about the switch from the natural grass surface to the artificial one.

"Our players have always enjoyed playing on natural grass here," Smith said. "But it's our responsibility at the club level as well as the League level to protect them from risk."

The Texans are hopeful they'll find a solution to the tray system that's been used since 2002. The field in the two preseason games, as well as last Sunday's game versus Kansas City, wasn't up to the team's standards.